Sean couldn't move. Every bone in his body felt broken. Sean tried to move
towards the phone. He had to call Emma...or someone. Every slight move Sean
that Sean made was painful. "Ahhh..." he said as he tried to crawl across
the floor. Tears were welling in his eyes. Sean gave up on trying to get to
the phone. He was slipping in and out of consciousness. He knew that he had
to stay awake. "Help! Someone help me!" Sean yelled as loud as he could. He
prayed that someone would hear him. Just his luck....
Manny was walking in circles. From her house and back to Sean's. She wanted to tell him how she felt. Manny didn't expect it to change the way that Sean felt about Emma, but she just had to. "Come on..." she said to herself, "it'll help. Just go and be upfront. It'll be fine. It's not like he will start laughing or something. Don't be chicken." When Manny had finally worked up the courage, she turned onto Sean's street. About fifty feet from his house, just as she rounded the corner, Manny heard cries for help. She stopped dead and listened. Manny recognized the voice to be Sean's. She burst off sprinting, straight into Sean's house. She opened the door and studied the room with her eyes. "Sean!" Manny called. He was on the ground next to the couch so he was hidden from her view. "Manny!" Sean answered her call. She followed his voice, scanning the room as she went. Sean was a little curious as to why Manny was his rescuer, but he was grateful all the same. She found him on the floor, looking a terrible mess. Manny made a little gasp. "Oh my god, Sean, what happened?" She asked frantically, kneeling beside him.
From a closer look it was easy to see that Sean had banged his head. "Oh my god, Sean, you're bleeding really bad! What happened to you?" "Doesn't matter." he replied. "Sean this is serious!" Manny said shrilly,"What happened? Who did this to you? Where's Tracker?" Sean gave Manny a pointed look. She put two and two together. "Sean...was is Tracker?" Sean nodded. "Manny, please call someone. I can't move...I'm...I'm really dizzy." Manny saw his eyes start to roll to the back of his head. "Sean? Sean! Stay with me...come on, stay awake!" She grabbed his arm and shook it a little. Sean grasped Manny's arm from the pain. "Ahh..!" "Oh sorry!" Manny said, frantically waving her hands, "I forgot that it's broken!" "Call someone, please!" Sean practically shouted, fighting back tears.
Manny jumped to her feet and grabbed the phone off of the counter. She dialed 9-1-1. "Hello, I have an emergency! My friend...he's hurt really bad! He...he needs an ambulance." Manny told the person on the other line Sean's address and hung up. "Someone's on the way." Manny told Sean, exasperatedly. When he didn't reply, Manny looked over at him. Sean had blacked out. "Sean! Sean, wake up!" She was gentle slapping his cut face. Sean came back into consciousness. "What? What happened?" "Don't worry, someone is coming. It'll be okay, Sean." "Manny," Sean said pleadingly, "please don't tell anyone about Tracker and...you know. Please." "Sean, you have to report it. It's the only time it has happened, right?" She asked. "Yeah, it is. We were having a fight and I pissed him off. He was hella drunk and I just pushed him a little too far, I guess." "Sean, you have to report it. He has to get what he deserves. He hit you, Sean. He's you're guardian." Manny said, trying to get through to him. "No, Manny, I can't. You just said it yourself...he is my guardian...and my brother. If i tell then I'll be taken away from him. I have no where to go...I'd have to move again...and I really don't want to." "Sean..." She started to say but Sean cut her off. "It's no big deal, Manny. It'll never happen again."
"You don't know that, Sean. This isn't something that he or you can guarantee." Manny said concernedly. "Manny, please? Just do this for me? Manny I'm really trying hear...please? Don't tell." Manny heaved a great sigh. "What are you going to say happened?" "I don't know...that I was mugged or something." "That'll never work." Manny said shortly. "Sean then the police will just go looking for some guy that doesn't exist." Sean wasn't worried about that now though. All he needed was to hear Manny promise. "Manny, please. Manny please don't make me beg." Manny looked down into his pleading eyes. She couldn't resist him...even though she knew it was wrong. "Oh, okay. I won't tell anyone." "Thank you." Sean said. Manny could tell by his face that he meant it. A thought hit Sean. "Manny, what were you doing here in the first place?" That slammed into her hard, like a ball knocking the wind right out of her.
Manny was walking in circles. From her house and back to Sean's. She wanted to tell him how she felt. Manny didn't expect it to change the way that Sean felt about Emma, but she just had to. "Come on..." she said to herself, "it'll help. Just go and be upfront. It'll be fine. It's not like he will start laughing or something. Don't be chicken." When Manny had finally worked up the courage, she turned onto Sean's street. About fifty feet from his house, just as she rounded the corner, Manny heard cries for help. She stopped dead and listened. Manny recognized the voice to be Sean's. She burst off sprinting, straight into Sean's house. She opened the door and studied the room with her eyes. "Sean!" Manny called. He was on the ground next to the couch so he was hidden from her view. "Manny!" Sean answered her call. She followed his voice, scanning the room as she went. Sean was a little curious as to why Manny was his rescuer, but he was grateful all the same. She found him on the floor, looking a terrible mess. Manny made a little gasp. "Oh my god, Sean, what happened?" She asked frantically, kneeling beside him.
From a closer look it was easy to see that Sean had banged his head. "Oh my god, Sean, you're bleeding really bad! What happened to you?" "Doesn't matter." he replied. "Sean this is serious!" Manny said shrilly,"What happened? Who did this to you? Where's Tracker?" Sean gave Manny a pointed look. She put two and two together. "Sean...was is Tracker?" Sean nodded. "Manny, please call someone. I can't move...I'm...I'm really dizzy." Manny saw his eyes start to roll to the back of his head. "Sean? Sean! Stay with me...come on, stay awake!" She grabbed his arm and shook it a little. Sean grasped Manny's arm from the pain. "Ahh..!" "Oh sorry!" Manny said, frantically waving her hands, "I forgot that it's broken!" "Call someone, please!" Sean practically shouted, fighting back tears.
Manny jumped to her feet and grabbed the phone off of the counter. She dialed 9-1-1. "Hello, I have an emergency! My friend...he's hurt really bad! He...he needs an ambulance." Manny told the person on the other line Sean's address and hung up. "Someone's on the way." Manny told Sean, exasperatedly. When he didn't reply, Manny looked over at him. Sean had blacked out. "Sean! Sean, wake up!" She was gentle slapping his cut face. Sean came back into consciousness. "What? What happened?" "Don't worry, someone is coming. It'll be okay, Sean." "Manny," Sean said pleadingly, "please don't tell anyone about Tracker and...you know. Please." "Sean, you have to report it. It's the only time it has happened, right?" She asked. "Yeah, it is. We were having a fight and I pissed him off. He was hella drunk and I just pushed him a little too far, I guess." "Sean, you have to report it. He has to get what he deserves. He hit you, Sean. He's you're guardian." Manny said, trying to get through to him. "No, Manny, I can't. You just said it yourself...he is my guardian...and my brother. If i tell then I'll be taken away from him. I have no where to go...I'd have to move again...and I really don't want to." "Sean..." She started to say but Sean cut her off. "It's no big deal, Manny. It'll never happen again."
"You don't know that, Sean. This isn't something that he or you can guarantee." Manny said concernedly. "Manny, please? Just do this for me? Manny I'm really trying hear...please? Don't tell." Manny heaved a great sigh. "What are you going to say happened?" "I don't know...that I was mugged or something." "That'll never work." Manny said shortly. "Sean then the police will just go looking for some guy that doesn't exist." Sean wasn't worried about that now though. All he needed was to hear Manny promise. "Manny, please. Manny please don't make me beg." Manny looked down into his pleading eyes. She couldn't resist him...even though she knew it was wrong. "Oh, okay. I won't tell anyone." "Thank you." Sean said. Manny could tell by his face that he meant it. A thought hit Sean. "Manny, what were you doing here in the first place?" That slammed into her hard, like a ball knocking the wind right out of her.